Goossens

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title: "Goossens" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-of-belgian-origin", "dutch-patronymic-surnames", "surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goossens" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Goossens is a Dutch-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Goos/Goossen" (Goswin). It is the 8th most common name in Belgium. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adolphe Goossens (1896–1916), Horn player who died in action at the Somme, aged 20.
• Ben Goossens (born 1985), Belgian ad agency art director and photomontage artist
• (born 1953), Belgian actor and comedian
• Colette Goossens (born 1942), Belgian swimmer
• Daniel Goossens, (born 1954), French cartoonist
• Dennis Goossens (born 1993), Belgian gymnast
• Ester Goossens (born 1972), Dutch middle-distance runner
• Eugène Goossens, père (1845–1906), Belgian conductor
• Eugène Goossens, fils (1867–1958), French conductor and violinist, son of Eugène Goossens, père
• Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893–1962), English conductor and composer, son of Eugène Goossens, fils
• Jan Goossens (born 1930), Belgian dialectologist and philologist
• Jan Goossens (born 1958), Dutch-born American indoor soccer player
• Jean-Maurice Goossens (1892–1965), Belgian ice hockey player
• John Goossens (born 1988), Dutch footballer
• John J. Goossens (1944–2002), Belgian businessman
• Kris Goossens (born 1974), Belgian tennis player
• Lou Goossens (born 2009), Belgian actor
• Léon Goossens (1897–1988), British oboist, son of Eugène Goossens, fils
• Marc Goossens (cyclist) (born 1958), Belgian racing cyclist
• Marc Goossens (born 1969), Belgian racecar driver
• Marie Goossens (1894–1991), English harpist, older sister of Sidonie Goossens
• Michaël Goossens (born 1973), Belgian footballer
• Pierre-Lambert Goossens (1827–1906), Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Ray Goossens (1924–1998), Flemish artist, animator and director
• Reinhilde Goossens (born 1961), Belgian singer known by the name "Lisa del Bo"
• Robert Goossens (1927–2016), French jewelry maker
• (born 1937), Belgian comics artist known as "Gos"
• Sidonie Goossens (1899–2004), British harpist, daughter of Eugène Goossens, fils
• Simon Goossens (1893–1964), Belgian sculptor
• Victor Goossens, founder and co-owner of the multiregional professional esports organization Team Liquid

References

References

1. [http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Goossen&nfd_naam=Goossens&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal= Goossens] at the [[Meertens Institute]] database of surnames in the Netherlands.
2. "Meest voorkomende familienamen in België en Nederland « Naamkunde".
3. [http://familienaam.be/Goossens Goossens] at familienaam.be

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